Hey DOW Provisional Ratings not Working Anymore Leading to Massive Ratings Inflation

Sat, 14 April 2012 02:01

I thought the ratings have been going way up but wasn't sure why. Now I am sure. I just finished playing 3 games all against opponents that were right around 1500. I checked afterwards and saw they had only played 3, 2 and 2 other games, yet I went from 1719 to 1724 gaining 5 points in 3 games from people who were 1100 players at best. The way the provisional ratings worked in the past prevented this, what's going on?